Multivoltage system of electric-motor control.



PATENTBD DEC. 81, 1907.

H. 1). JAMES. MU'LTIVOLTAGE SYSTEM OF. ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1907.

INVENTOR WITNESSES: zm

ATTORNEY HENRY D. JAMES, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO & MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC PENNSYLVANIA.

MULTIVOLTAGE SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1907".

Application filed May 6 1907- Serial No. 372,137.

To all whom it may concern:

,Be'it known that I, HENRY D/JAMES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Multivoltage Systems of Electric-Motor Control, of which the following is a s ecification.

My invention relgtes to systems of electric motor control, and has special reference to systems for the control of direct current motors which are suppliedwith energy from multi-voltage sources. 1

.The object of my invention is to provide.

improved means for controlling the accelera-' tion and speed regulation of electric motors which are adapted to drive delicate and intricate machinery at'widely varying speeds.

In the operation of vprinting similar machinery, it is desirable to so regulate the driving motor astoeffect a gradual acceleration to a relatively slow speed which may be maintained for a'considerable-period time. Suchprovision should also be made that, when the attendant is satisfied that the machine is -operating satisfactorily, the driving motor may be again accelerated to a relatively high speed from which a suitable speed variation in either direction is permitted. v I

According to my present invention, I provide a shunt or compound wound electric motor, a plurality of independently operated control switchestherefor, and a master controller for said switches whereby the motor is connected to a low-voltage sourceof electrical energy with a suitable resistance in its armature circuit, a portion of the resistance is automatically short-circuited to effect a predetermined acceleration, after which the speed regulation of the motor, together with t e circuit .connections, may be varied with- In predetermined limits at the will of the resistance attendant. When the master controller is then moved to an advanced osition, the motor speed will be material y increased,

clrcuit connections being established from a source of higher voltage through the starting which is then gradually andvautomatically short-circuited by the successive closure of the control switches. Finally, when the highest speed is reached, a suitable variation maybe effected, at the will of the,

presses and are provided at the lower predetermined armature resistance is mcluded in the circuit but that all the resistductor an accelerating reslstance comprising sec- .winding' 9 is provided attendant, by means of the master controller.

It will be observed that operating speeds voltage when a ance is cut out automatically as soon as the motor is connected to the higher voltage source. By this means, a less ex ensive resistance may be employed since t e slow speed operation will obviously continue only for a limited 'period and it is impossible for the resistance to remain in the armature cir-- cuit when the machine operates continuously at the higher speeds. a

The single figure of the-accompanying drawing is a diagrammatic view of a control system arranged in accordance with my invention.

Electric energy is supplied from a rela- 'vely low-voltage source through a con- 2 to a motor 3 having an armature 4, I

tions 5, 6, 7 and 8, and a field magnet winding 9, the armature resistance and the circuit connections being controlled by a series of independently operated switches 10, 11, 12,

13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. The field magnetwith a regulating resistance 18, and a master switch 19 governs the independently operated switches and the resistance 18. Circuit connections are com leted through a common negative line condhctor 20. The switches 10, 11, 12,

13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 are actuated by electromagnets having windings 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,

26, 27 and'28. The switch 28 is normally closed, its winding being energized to open the switch when a predetermined current traverses the motor circuit and the other control switches are closed only when their electro magnets are energized. The master switch 19 is'adapted to occupy a plurality of off positions a to o, inclusive.

Assuming that the master switch 19 is moved from its off position to position a,

circilit is first established from the line con 'ductor 1 through conductor 29, contact fingers 30 and 31 (which are bridged by contact member 32-when the master controller occupies positionsa; 11, 0 and d), conductor 33, winding 21, conductor 34, contact fingers 35 (which are bridged by contact member 36 when the switch 15 is o ened), contact fingers 37 (which are bridge by contact member 38 when the switch 16 is opened), and conduetor 39 to the negative line conductor'20. Closure of the switch is thus effected and a motor circuit is established from the lowervoltage line conductor 2- through this switch, resistance sections 5, 6, 7 and 8, armature 4, magnet winding 28 of switch 17 and con- 10 ductor 39 to the negative line conductor. A'

the energizing of the winding 23 which effects closure of the switch 12 is dependent, according to ,a well known arrangement, upon the limit switch'l'i but is independent of the 25 master switch 19. When the switch12 is closed, a circuit continued from conductor 44 through contact fingers 45, contact members 48, contact finger 49, conductor 50, contact fingers 51 and '52 (which are bridged by contact member 53 when the switch 13 is-opened), and magnetwinding 24 to the switch 34, the circuit being completed as above indicated. It will be observed that closure of the switch, 13 is also dependent upon the limit switch 17 and is independent 0 the master controller. sections 5 and 6 are respectively short-circuited when the switches 12 and 13 are closed. The automatic acceleration of the motor will rest at this point as long as the master switch occupies position a. If :the master switch is moved to the position b, the circuit is established from conductor 50 through contact finger 52,'contact member 54, contact finger 55, conductor 56, contact fingers 57 (which are now bridged by contact member 58), conductor 59, contact fingers 60 and 61 (which arebridged by the contact mem' ber 62when the switch 14 is-op'ened), and winding 25 to conductor 34,.the circuit belng completed as before indicated. In a similar manner, closure of the switch 15 is" dependent upon engagement of contact fingers 63 and 63 with contact member 64 and is therefore partially under'the control of the attendant;

If the motor is at rest and switchis moved to the switches 10, 12, 14 and 15 Will be closed automatically and successively, if; permitted by the limit switch 17 the operating magnets the master of the switches being energized from a circuit.

which is independent of the limit switch as soon as the switch is closed. The holding 65 clrcuits for the switches 12 and 13 are estab- The resistance osition 6, the

lished 'from the conductor 33 through conductor 65, contact fingers 66 and 67 which move respectively into engagement with contact members 47 and 53 when the switches have closed. The holding circuits for the magnet windings 25 and 26 of the switches 14 and 15 are dependent upon'the master switch 19 so that the attendant may move the master switch from the position 0 to the positions I) or a, thereby decreasing the speed of the motor by re-inserting resistance sections 8 and 7, at will. These circuits may be traced from conductor 29 through contact finger 30, contact members 32 and 68, contact finger 69, conductor 70 and contact fin-- ger 71 (which engages the cont-act member 62 when the switch 14 is closed), and from contact member 68 through contact finger -72,

conductor, 73, contact fingers 74 (which are bridged by contact member 75 when the switch 11 is open, and conductor 76 to contact finger 77, (which engages a contact member 78 of the switch l5corresponding to the member 62). The contact member 68 is of such shape that the finger 69 moves into engagement with it when the master switch occupiesposition b and ,the contact finger 72 engages the contact I ember when the mas ter switch occupies position 0.

In order 'to avoid injury to the motor, an

gages a projection 80 rom the masterswitch 19 at the position 9 and comprises an armature 81, a rod 82 having a collar 83, a spring 84 and an electro-m net winding 85 which acts in opposition to e spring to release the electro-magnetically-released stop 79 en-' armature from engagement with the projections on' the masterswitch. Ifthe attendant moves the master switch immediately from the ofl position to the position 0, the switches 10, 12, 13, 14 and 15 will be closed automatically and successively, if permitted by the limit switch 17,7as, hereinbefore exp ained, and it willbe impossible for the attendant to move the master switch from the position 0 to the positions d, e,' f, g, h and iuntil the switch 151sclosed. When the swit-ch15 is closed, the contact fingers 35 are dise'n gaged from the contact member 36 thereby deenergizing the magnet windings 23, 24 and.

25 and permitting the switches 12, 13 and 14 to open, and the magnet winding 85 of the stop 79 is energized, a circuit being estab- -l'shed from the conductor 76 through contact finger 7 7 contact members 78 and 86',eon'tact finger 87 (which engages the contact member .86 when the-switch 15 is closed), conductor 88, magnet winding 85, and conductors "89 and'39 to the negative line conductor 20. It will be observed that the circuit abovetraced is in multiple with the holding circuit for the magnet winding 26 of the switch 1 5. As long as the master controller 19 occupies position c, after the switch 15 is closed, the stop 79 will be released, so that theattendant may inizrease the speed of the motor by introduclished rom the'line'conductor 1 throughtl'le i field magnet. winding 9, conductor 90, conv is gradually introduced a switch 11, resistance, sections 5,6, 7' and 8',

tact-finger 91, contact member 92, contact finger 93,,and conductors. 89 and 39 to the negative'line conductor 20.

from the contact member'92 afid contact fin-- gers 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 and 99 are successively moved into engagement with the contact member. In this way, the field resistance 18 nd the speed of the motor is increased. I

whenthe inaster controller is moved from. position It tofposition i, a circuit is established from the positivev line conductor 1-, through conductor 40, limit switch 17, conductors 41 and 10D, contact fingerlQl, contact member 102, contact finger 103, conductor 104, contact fingers 1.05 (Whichnrebrid'ged by conta'ct'nrember 106 .when the switch 15 is 'closed), conductor 107, contact fingers 108 and 1108 (which are bridged by contact memmagnet winding27 and conductor 39 to the her 109 when the switch 11 isopened),.1nag

net'coil 22, conductorl 10, contact fingers 37,

contact member 38and conductor 39 to the negative-line conductor 20.? When theswitch 11- is closed, resistance sections 5,16, '7' and 8,

areconnected between the low'and high-voltage supply. lines 2 and 1 after. which the switch 15 is immediately opened'by reason of. the disengagement of the contact, finger 74' :from the contactfinger 75. The opening of the switch 15 interrupts the circuit establishedthrough the magnetwinding 85,- tliereby releasingthe stop .7 9 which now engagesa projection 111 andternporarily/prevents the master switch from further movement in the same'direction; "--.By the opening of the switch 15' a motor circuit-is established from the higher-voltage line conductor 1 1 through the armature 4, magnet winding 28 and conductor 39 to the negative line conductor v20. Y

When themotoris connected to this circuit,

the'resistance sections are gradually'and ail-- tomatically.short-circuited independently of the master switch 19, circuit being continued,

when the switch 11 is closed, from. the con- -ductcr 107- through thecontact finger 108 contact member 112, contact/finger 1-13, conductor 1 14, contact fingers 45 and 46, contact member 47, magnet winding 23, conductor 34, contact fingers-'35," contact member 36, contact fingers 37, contact member 38 and conductor 39 to the negative line conductor osition'c to the positions (7, e, f, g and-h. w

switch 11 is closed.

In thepositions d, e, f, g and h, the contact finger 93 is disengaged tage circuit without resistance. of--the switch 16 moves the contact member the switch the motorto the circuit of lower voltage wit the voltage supplied by merly established'therethrough is now completed by the engagement of contact fingers 115 with the contact member 116 when the When the switch M-is closed the circuit is continued from contact finger v6O through contact member 117, contactfinger'l18 conductor 119, contact finger 68*, contact member 120, contact finger 121, conductor 122, contact fingers 1223, contact member 12 1, magnet winding 27' and conductor 39 to the negative line conductor- 29. .It will be observed that the, switch 16 is now closed and the motor is connected. across the higher-voL The closure 38 outof engagement with the fingers 37 and electro-magnets 22, 23, 24 and 25L The thereby interrupts the return circuits forswitch lfiremains closed when the master I controller occupies positions t, 7,]c, Z, m, n

and 0, a holding circuit being established from line conductorl through. conductor 29, contactfinger 30, contact member 125, contact finger 126, conductor 127, contact finger- 128, contact member 124, contact finger 123,

negative line conductor and abranch circuit is established from contact member 124 to a contact niember 129, contact finger 1'30, conductor 1311, magnet winding 85. of the stop 79 and-conductors 89 and 39 to the negative line conductor 20: It is evident that when the motor is connected with the highersvoltage circuit it is impossible to introduce resistance in the field circuit until the armature resistance has been short-circuited, as well as when the motor is connectedto the low-vol- .tage. 1 When the controller occupies positions y'j-k, 1 7711, n and 0, the resistance 18 is gradually inserted in thefield circuit.

As the master" controller returns from the position 0 to'the position 9', resistance 18 is removed from the field circuit and the speed of themotor is decreased and, as the con-- -troller movesfrom positioni to position h, the holding circuit for the switch 16 is interrupted and this switch is permitted to open. In this way,jthe motor circuit is interrupted and, when the controller reaches position (1,

is Yolosed thereby connectin the resistance sections 5, 6, 7 and. connected in series withits armature. It of special advantage to connect the resistance in series with the armature circuit in passing from the higher-voltage to the lower-voltage circuits sincethe counter electromotive forceof'the armature may be considerably in excess of the lower-voltage line.

- The projections 80 and 111 are so arranged as to permitthe free passage 01'' the master switch from the position 0 to the position (I,

and the circuit arrangements of the system are such that it is impossible to injure the motor by moving the master switch too rape idly in either direction.

Variations in the circuit arrangements may, of course, be ell'ected within the scope .of my invention, and I desire that only such modifications be imposed as are indicated in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a control system, the combination with switches adapted to alternately close and open, the-closures being in predeter mined sequences, of manually operated means for selectively governing the operation of the switches only when they are clos- 8. In a control system, the combination with a plurality of switches adapted to clos'e in a )redetermined sequence and to open and finally reclose in the same sequence, of a master controller for selectively governing the operation of the switches only when they are closing in the final sequence.

4. In a control system, the combination with supply circuits of unlike -voltage,..an electric motor having armature and field magnet windings and resistances therefor, and a plurality of independently operated resistance control switches adapted to close in sequence and to open and reclose in the same sequence for successivelyv connecting the motor to the supply circuits, of manually operated means for selectively gove'rning the operation of the switches only when they are closing in the final sequence.

5. In a control system, the combination with a mnlti-voltage source of electricalenergy, an electric motor having an armature winding, a resistance therefor and a series of independently-operated control switches for connecting the motor and the resistance to the dower-voltage source, for gradually short.- circuiting the resistance, for connectmg the reslstance between the lower and the higher-voltagesupply circuit, for interrupting the low-voltage circuit and for gradually short-circuiting the resistance, of a master switch for selectively controlling the resistance-control switchesonly on'the lower voltage.

6. In a control system, the combination with a multi-voltage source of'electrical 'energy, an electric motor having an armature winding, a resistance therefor and a series of independently-operated control switches for connecting the motor and the resistance to the lower-voltage source, for gradually shortcircititing the resistance. for connecting the resistance between thelower and the highervoltage supply circuits, for interrupting the low-voltage circuit and for gradua ly shortcircuiting the resistance, of means for automatically retarding the action of the control switches, and a master switch for selectively governing the resistance control switches only on the lower voltage.

7. In a control system, the combination with a multi-voltage source of electrical energy, an electric motor having an armature winding, a resistance therefor and a series of independently-operated control switches for connecting the motor and the resistance to the lower-voltage source, for gradually shortcircuiting the resistance, for connecting the resistance between the lower and the higher voltage supply circuits, for interru ting the lowvoltage circuit and for gradua ly shortcircuiting the resistance, of means dependent upon a predetermined motor current for automaticaly retarding the action of the control switches, and a master switch for selectively controlling the resistance-controlswitches only on the lower voltage.

8; In a control system, the combination ergy, an electric motor having armature and field magnetwindings, resistances therefor, and. a series of independently-operated control switches for connecting the motor and the armature resistance to the l owervoltage source, for gradually short clrcuitmg the said resistance, for connecting the armature resistance between'the lower and the highervoltage supply circuits, for interru ting the low-voltageclrcuit and for gradua ly shortcircuiting the resistance, of a master switch for governing the field resistance and for selectively controlling the armature resistancecontrol switches only on the'lower-voltage circuit.

9. In a control system, the combination with a multi-voltage source of electrical en ergy, an electric motor having armature and 'field magnet windings, resistances therefor, and a series of independently-operated control switches for connecting the motorand with a multi-voltage source of electrical enthearmature resistance to the lower-voltage source, for gradually short-circuiting the resistance, for connecting the armature resistance between the lowe'rand the higher-v oltage supply circuits, for interrupting the low voltage clrcuit and for gradually short-circuiting the resistance, of means for automatically retarding the action of the armature resistance'control switches, and a master switch for selectivelycontrolling said switches only on the lower voltage.

10. In a control system, the combinationwith a multi-voltage source of electrical energy, an electric motor having armature and field magnet windings, resistances therefor, and a series of independently-opera:ed control switches for connecting the motor and once between the lower the armature resistance to the lower voltage source, for gradually short-circuiting the resistance, for connecting the armature resist and the higher-voltagesupply circuits "f0r interrupting the lowvoltege circuithnd for gradually short-cirfor, selectively controlling said switches only on the lower voltage. I

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 29th day ofApril, 1907., r

HENRY D/JAMES.

Witnesses:

Ross W. COPELAND, BIRNEY HINEs. 

